Optical test and measurement at ECOC

A Yokogawa - Test and Measurement product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Aug 16, 2005

Yokogawa is featuring a number of new optical test and measurement products at ECOC 2005.

Yokogawa is featuring a number of new optical test and measurement products at ECOC 2005.

The introduction of these new products follows the integration of the optical communications test business of the former Ando Electric Company into Yokogawa's Test and Measurement Division.

Being shown for the first time are two compact, easy-to-use and economical instruments for 10Gbit/s bit-error-rate testing.

The AQ2200-601 is based on the successful AQ2200 modular platform and is suited to both laboratory and manufacturing applications, and the AP9945 is a portable unit which is ideal for field testing.

These new instruments provide comprehensive testing capabilities for 10Gbit/s networks as well as Ethernet and 10Gbit/s components such as transmitter and receiver optical subassemblies, XFP transceivers and PIN diodes.

Both the AQ2200-601 and the AQ9945 offer pulse pattern generation from 9.95 to 11.32Gbit/s, as well as variable amplitude, offset and crosspoint settings.

Internal clock data recovery makes it very easy to run tests without providing a separate clock signal.

Also new at the show are two plug-in measurement modules as well as emulation software for the company's AQ7260 optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR).

The AQ7269 offers both single-mode fibre (SMF) and multimode fibre (MMF) measurement capability in one unit, while the AQ7265 offers SMF measurements with high dynamic range.

The AQ7269 is ideally suited to meet the needs of fibre installers in the growing metro, WAN, LAN and FTTH markets, whereas the AQ7265 is designed for fibre-optic measurements in long-haul networks.

The new emulation software includes batch analysis reporting and batch print functions as well as data viewing.

ECOC, the 31st European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication, will be held at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow, Scotland, from 26th to 28th September 2005.